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Vicente Fernández

1940 - 2021

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Vicente Fernández Gómez (17 February 1940 – 12 December 2021) was a Mexican mariachi singer, actor and film producer. Nicknamed "Chente" (short for Vicente), "El Charro de Huentitán" (The Charro from Huentitán), "El Ídolo de México" (The Idol of Mexico), and "El Rey de la Música Ranchera" (The King of Ranchera Music), Fernández started his career as a busker, and went on to become a cultural icon, having recorded more than 100 albums and contributing to more than 30 films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vicente Fernández has received more than 5,103,518 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Vicente Fernández is the 296th most popular singer (down from 133rd in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 24th in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Vicente Fernández ranks 296 out of 4,381. Before him are Dave Gahan, Loreen, Elis Regina, Alfredo Kraus, Bülent Ersoy, and Sammy Davis Jr.. After him are Šaban Šaulić, John Fogerty, Wolf Biermann, Jussi Björling, Sacha Distel, and Coolio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Vicente Fernández ranks 111. Before him are Fabrizio De André, Lothar de Maizière, Vladimir Cosma, Alan Kay, Sadaharu Oh, and Saul Kripke. After him are Masahiro Hamazaki, Régis Debray, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, Just Jaeckin, Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, and Max Mosley. Among people deceased in 2021, Vicente Fernández ranks 86. Before him are Bertrand Tavernier, Gottfried Böhm, Abdelkader Bensalah, Dušan Ivković, Tanya Roberts, and Dean Stockwell. After him are Helen McCrory, Kenneth Kaunda, Robert H. Grubbs, Libuše Šafránková, Djivan Gasparyan, and Lars Vilks.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Vicente Fernández ranks 63 out of 729. Before him are Acamapichtli (1325), Luis Echeverría (1922), Helena Rojo (1944), Axayacatl (1449), Antonio Carbajal (1929), and José López Portillo y Pacheco (1920). After him are Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1948), Thalía (1971), Subcomandante Marcos (1957), Miguel de la Madrid (1934), Pedro Infante (1917), and Ricardo Montalbán (1920).

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Among SINGERS In Mexico

Among singers born in Mexico, Vicente Fernández ranks 1. After him are Thalía (1971), Juan Gabriel (1950), Jorge Negrete (1910), José Alfredo Jiménez (1926), Lila Downs (1968), Marco Antonio Solís (1959), Paulina Rubio (1971), María Grever (1885), Anahí (1983), Dulce María (1985), and Alaska (1963).

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